Utah Code
Title 73 - Water and Irrigation

Chapter 1 - General Provisions

Section 4 - Reversion to the public by abandonment or forfeiture for nonuse within seven years -- Nonuse application. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Chapter 2 - State Engineer - Division of Water Rights -

Chapter 3 - Appropriation -

Chapter 3a - Water Exports -

Chapter 3b - Groundwater Recharge and Recovery Act

Part 1 - General Provisions -

Part 2 - Recharge and Recovery Permits -

Part 3 - Groundwater Recharge and Recovery Operations -

Part 4 - Enforcement and Penalties -

Chapter 3c - Wastewater Reuse Act

Part 1 - General Provisions -

Part 2 - Permissible Reuse -

Part 3 - Approval Process -

Part 4 - Effect of Reuse -

Chapter 4 - Determination of Water Rights -

Chapter 5 - Administration and Distribution -

Chapter 5a - Dam Safety

Part 1 - General Provisions -

Part 2 - Procedures for the Approval of Dam Construction Plans -

Part 3 - Construction Inspections -

Part 4 - Operations -

Part 5 - Inspection of Dams -

Part 6 - Emergencies -

Part 7 - Enforcement and Penalties -

Chapter 6 - Withdrawal of Unappropriated Waters -

Chapter 10 - Board of Water Resources - Division of Water Resources

Section 4 - Powers and duties of board. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Chapter 10c - Water Development Coordinating Council -

Chapter 10d - Utah Privatization Act -

Chapter 10e - Water Development and Flood Mitigation Reserve Account -

Chapter 10f - Bear River Development -

Chapter 10g - Water Infrastructure and Long-term Planning

Part 1 - Funding -

Part 2 - Agricultural Water Optimization

Section 201 - Title. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 7/1/2025

Section 202 - Agricultural Water Optimization Task Force. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 7/1/2025

Section 203 - Duties of the task force. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 7/1/2025

Part 3 - Watershed Councils Act -

Part 4 - Great Salt Lake Watershed Integrated Water Assessment -

Part 5 - Capital Assets for Water -

Chapter 11 - Consolidation of Water Companies and Conservation Districts -

Chapter 12 - Utah Lake Diking Project -

Chapter 12a - Colorado River Compact -

Chapter 13 - Upper Colorado River Basin Compact -

Chapter 15 - Modification of Weather -

Chapter 16 - Amended Bear River Compact -

Chapter 18 - State Boating Act

Section 3.5 - Advisory council. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 7/1/2024

Chapter 18a - Boating - Litter and Pollution Control -

Chapter 18b - Water Safety -

Chapter 18c - Financial Responsibility of Motorboat Owners and Operators Act

Part 1 - General Provisions -

Part 2 - Administration -

Part 3 - Owner's or Operator's Security Requirement -

Chapter 19 - Columbia Interstate Compact -

Chapter 20 - Emergency Water Resources -

Chapter 21 - Ute Indian Water Compact -

Chapter 22 - Utah Geothermal Resource Conservation Act -

Chapter 23 - West Desert Pumping Project -

Chapter 26 - Bear River Development Act

Part 1 - State to Develop the Bear River -

Part 2 - Allocation of Developed Waters -

Part 3 - Project Development -

Part 4 - General Provisions -

Part 5 - Financing and Cost Recovery -

Chapter 27 - Legislative Water Development Commission

Section 102 - Legislative Water Development Commission created. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 1/1/2031

Section 103 - Duties and powers of commission. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 1/1/2031

Chapter 28 - Lake Powell Pipeline Development Act

Part 1 - General Provisions -

Part 2 - Board of Water Resources to Construct the Lake Powell Pipeline -

Part 3 - Allocation of Developed Water -

Part 4 - Financing and Cost Recovery -

Chapter 29 - Public Waters Access Act

Part 1 - General Provisions -

Part 2 - Recreational Access to Public Water -

Chapter 30 - Great Salt Lake Advisory Council Act

Part 1 - General Provisions

Section 101 - Title. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 7/1/2027

Section 102 - Definition. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 7/1/2027

Part 2 - Advisory Council Organization and Duties

Section 201 - Advisory council created -- Staffing -- Per diem and travel expenses. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 7/1/2027

Section 202 - Duties of the council. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 7/1/2027

Chapter 31 - Water Banking Act

Part 1 - General Provisions

Section 101 - Title. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 102 - Definitions. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 103 - Notice -- Website. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 104 - Objectives of water banks. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 105 - Scope. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 106 - Board assistance. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 107 - Fees. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Part 2 - Statutory Water Banks

Section 201 - Approval of statutory water bank. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 202 - Statutory water bank application. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 203 - Action by board on statutory water bank applications. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 204 - Public meeting -- Comments. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 205 - Review of statutory bank application. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 206 - Amending application. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Part 3 - Contract Water Banks

Section 301 - Approval of contract water bank. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 302 - Contract water bank application. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 303 - Action by board on contract water bank application. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 304 - Review of contract water bank application. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 305 - Amending application. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Part 4 - Reporting by Water Banks

Section 401 - Annual reports. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 402 - Water bank noncompliance -- Revocation of application. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Part 5 - Deposits

Section 501 - Banking water. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 502 - Delivery request for loaned water rights in water bank. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Section 503 - State engineer enforcement. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030

Part 6 - Board Reports

Section 601 - Reports. - Affected by 63I-1-273 on 12/31/2030